[37] Memorial of Salazar, June 24, 1590, A. I., 67–6–67.
[38] Ibid.
[39] Memorials of the organization and officials of Manila for the removal of the royal audiencia, June 26, 1586, A. I., 68–1–33.
[40] Dávalos to the King, June 20, 1585, A. I., 67–6–18.
[41] Santiago de Vera to Contreras, June 20, 1585, Blair and Robertson VI, 67–68.
[42] See Recopilación, 9–45, for regulations of the galleon trade between Acapulco and Manila. By these laws, promulgated from 1583 to 1636, the governor of the Philippines was given authority in Manila over the dispatching, manning, lading, and control of the galleon (see Recopilación, 9–45–3, 4, 20, 24, 29, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 59). He retained these powers until the latter part of the eighteenth century, when the abuses resulting from his control were eliminated (Martínez de Zúñiga, Estadismo, I, 268).
[43] Montero y Vidal, Historia general, I, 94–95; Martínez de Zúñiga, An historical view, I, 183–186; see Ortega’s Memorials to the King, Blair and Robertson, IX, 95–119.
[44] Memoria y consultas de Fr. Alonso Sánchez (no date given), A. I., 67–6–27; see also Juan de la Concepción, Historia general de Filipinas [cited hereinafter as Concepción, Historia general], II, 103–184. These agreements are interesting because they show how intensely nationalistic were the respective sentiments of the Spaniards and Portuguese with regard to their Asiatic colonies, notwithstanding the fact that since 1580 the home governments of the two nations had been united. This correspondence illustrates the fact that the Portuguese regarded their former colonies as still distinctively their own.
[45] Royal cédula for the restoration of the Audiencia of Manila, November 25, 1595, A. I., 106–4–19.
[46] Morga’s Sucesos, Blair and Robertson, XV, 65–66.